North Carolina permies in distress?

Anything others of us can do to help?
Some locals here are taking a load of camping/survival equipment this coming week.  If there are any homesteaders looking for assistance please ask; we won’t know otherwise.
Might even be able to take a trip there when possible to help with rebuilding.

where in nc are you aiming for, tom? the places i know that still need the most help are the truly rural (and mostly still cut off by damaged roads and other infrastructure), and some of the more densely populated urban spots, like the housing projects in asheville. asheville is still mostly weeks away from a functioning water system, so any filtration type stuff could really help there. there are a number of mutual aid hubs developing, maybe you could plug in with one of them. will try to dig up contact info.

have not specifically heard about any homestead types that need help but will keep my ears open.

Thanks. The west side of NC is closest to us here in Missouri. Please do keep anyone interested posted.

In the community forum, under the personal challenges section there's a Helene in NC thread, so far those who have written in there say they're safe, but some of them have had flooding and things of that nature, perhaps some of them will need assistance.  I also like the idea of helping in Ashville, often rural people are the most capable of problem solving on their own whereas city people often need more assistance when infastructure goes down, water etc.

Hi Tom, a lot of people are still without power and water, and roads are not in great shape at all, many unsafe. I think the challenge in WNC is there are lots of isolated small communities that are hard to get to, like Greg mentioned. I feel that I don't know where to start on my own. So far, I have stuck with established charities that I trust to go directly to people, as well as helping neighbors and helping out at work. Also, cell reception is not great (never was). I have had trouble simply checking in with friends. The local news stations would be folks doing some stories on who is helping out.

I've been back and forth to western NC a few times since the storm. We went the first time on Friday night right after and before we had any idea of the seriousness of the situation. Took us 10 1/2 hours to make the 3 hour trip because of trees, mudslides and flooded roads. Many places there are starting to recover and the outpouring of help can really be noticed in towns like Burnsville and Spruce Pine. There are still TONS of people without power, but generators and gas have been showing up and being distributed by people and businesses making donations. If you plan to take anything to this area, PLEASE reach out and find someone or an organization willing to accept it. We went up this past Thursday night, and my wife thought she would pack a bunch of children's clothes and stuffed animals as well as paper towels and toilet paper to donate because that is what we were told was needed (just word of mouth). While I was doing cleanup work, she went to make the donations, but was turned away at 5 places before she found a church who has just given most of their kid stuff to a few families minutes before she got there. The outpouring of help in this area of the state has been wild. There are signs everywhere saying "free food" and free meals, etc.  

I am in Australia, what actually happened in this area, we have no news?

john, we had about two days of torrential downpour, followed by the remnants of a hurricane bringing more rain and high wind. massive flooding of mountain river valleys, landslides, lots of trees down, bringing electric lines down. widespread loss of power, city water systems basically destroyed, cell service out, roads blocked or washed away, buildings completely inundated or just swept away…it’s been a heck of a time. the flood levels of the biggest river affected were at 27 feet past flood stage, way past the 1916 flood that everyone used to talk about. 30 to 40 inches of ran fell in some locations in total in four days.

thanks greg, my heart goes out to them.